Human types (5121 Subjects)
Ottoman (Muslim) funeral. Ottoman (Muslim) wedding. In the distance, the field of Büyükdere on the European shore of the Bosporus.
The temple of Hephaestus, Athens.
The fortress of Königstein at the town of Königstein, Saxony, Germany.
The vacation cottage of Johann Jacob Rieter, Swiss manufacturer of woolen textiles.
Whirling dervish of the Mevlevi order.
Crimean Tatar in traditional costume.
Panoramic view of Athens from Areopagus. On the left, the temple of Hephaestus. On the right, the monument of Philopappus.
View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations showed, however, that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.
Example of Kalmyk settlement.
View of Yerevan, Armenia.
View of the old town of Kandahar, with the fortress of Shah Hussain Hotaki.
Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
The deer from whose glands musk is extracted.
Gymnosophists near temples in India. 6: The author and a Dutch officer explore the lodgings of an itinerant fakir.
Indian gymnosophist.
High-ranking officials of the kingdom of Tonkin.
Theatre production at Hanoi (today in Vietnam) in the presence of the king of Tonkin and his court.
Pagodas at the kingdom of Tonkin (Vietnam). In the foreground, gymnosophists and priests in ceremonial dress doing their prayers.
Top: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) exits the palace. Bottom: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) leaves for war.
Procession which escorts the queen mother or the queen of Tonkin as they exit the palace.
Funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Example of rural settlement in Russia.
Window of typical Russian rural house. Warm stockings worn by the women of Valday province, Russia.
Petrovsky Palace at the entrance of Moscow. The palace was built in the era of Catherine the Great and was the penultimate stopover of Russian emperors in their journey from Saint Petersburg (then capitall of the Russian empire) to Moscow.
The entrance to Moscow by the route of Saint Petersburg.
Greek merchant from Astrakhan on a visit to Moscow.
Woman from Arsamas in typical costume, Moscow.